COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) Columbia City Council leaders reviewed the results of a survey on trash pickup in the city during its Tuesday night work session. During the meeting Council members were presented with the results from Columbia’s Solid Waste Utility’s roll cart survey. Council members offered feedback to the group, who will now prepare to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pool of more than 60 jurors were questioned and filtered down Tuesday to a narrow selection in a sexual assault case involving a Columbia psychologist. Kurt Bumby, 53, was indicted by a grand jury in 2020 for sex crimes. Bumby is accused of two counts of second-degree sodomy in 2010 and
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has been charged with attempted murder and other charges after the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office says she tried to stab children on Thursday. Jennifer Fangmann, 41, is charged with two counts of second-degree attempted murder, three counts of first-degree domestic assault, two counts of attempted abuse of a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Department of Public Works announced in a Tuesday press release that the parking division has launched a mobile application that allows residents to pay for parking meters. The application is called Passport Parking. It is available in Apple and Google Play app stores. Users will be able to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wayne Sells’ lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools will have a jury trial. CPS filed a motion for summary judgement last week and was denied. A two-day trial will be held between June and August for a breach-of-contract claim by Sells. The Columbia Board Of Education unanimously voted to rename its athletics field in 2020
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On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is legal.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group called Hold CoMO Accountable has been formed with the goal of holding more accountability and transparency from the City of Columbia. According to its website, the group is comprised of Columbia community members who are “concerned that we are living in a police state” and also claims the city’s Citizens
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has paid $100,913 to Service Master for water damage after pipes burst at Faurot Field in December. Significant water damage was caused from pipe bursts on the sixth floor of the west tower and near the south end zone due to extremely cold temperatures. An official said more information
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University as one of the eight HBCUs chosen by NASAS to receive funding through its new Data Science Equity, Access, and Priority research and education opportunity grant, a Monday press release stated. LU will receive $1.5 million over three years to train graduate and undergraduate students in data science on projects
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Hundreds of workers gathered in the Harry S. Truman Building atrium Monday to witness the governor sign their pay raise into existence.
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The trial of a Columbia man accused of killing his ex-wife and throwing away her remains has been pushed back to June.
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested Friday by Cooper County Sheriff’s Office deputies after the office claims he tried to fight a deputy. Roger Davis, 56, of Roeland Park, Kansas, is charged with possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held at the Cooper
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested over the weekend after he was accused of several weapons charges in January. Devon Hopkins, 36, is charged with shooting a gun at a person, armed-criminal action, unlawful possession of a gun, first-degree assault and first-degree domestic assault. He is being held in the Boone County Jail
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) A road in Callaway County was closed before noon Monday as contractors replaced electric poles broken by heavy winds overnight. The damage was part of what was left behind by the late-winter storm system that’s been accompanied by spring-like temperatures. About 300 Callaway Electric Cooperative members were dark just before noon as
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By Isabella Roberts JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson is planning on signing the emergency spending budget Monday at 2 p.m. at the Harry S. Truman office building. House Bill 14 is the supplemental budget for the 2022 fiscal year. It has funds for several state programs, including $149 million for the Department of
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The world marked the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Keith A. Comfort, who is accused of killing his wife 17 years ago, was scheduled to appear in the Boone County Courthouse for his murder trial on Monday. Instead, both sides are now looking for a new trial date on Monday morning. According to online court records, Comfort’s lawyer Kevin O’Brien filed a motion
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Over 100 Columbia residents sat on pews of the Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church, listening to city council candidates take the mic Saturday afternoon. The town hall, sponsored by multiple Columbia organizations lasted a little over half an hour. Ward 1 candidate Nick Knoth and Ward 5 candidate Gregg Bush attended and
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse woman was flown to University Hospital after a crash in Callaway County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says, the crash happened on I-70 eastbound at 153.8 mile marker early Friday evening. Troopers say, a tractor trailer hit the driver’s side of 44-year-old Beth Mayhew’s Ford Explorer as she was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)Multiple Columbia organizations have partnered together to host a community town hall for Columbia City Council candidates running in the April election for Ward 1 and Ward 5. The event is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church in Columbia. Columbia City Council Candidates Don Waterman and Gregg Bush are
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